Security researchers at Zimperium have some bad news for Android users out there who regularly send and receive multimedia messages. According to the researchers, a major security hole exists in the Android platform which could potentially allow malicious individuals to gain access to a device though simply sending a seemingly innocent text message to the targeted number. Android is currently the most popular mobile operating system on the planet, accounting for approximately 80% of smartphones in existence, so it isn't difficult to understand why this is a serious cause for concern.
Google has long had something of a P.R. problem as far as privacy is concerned, and while some of it can be labeled as people getting a little carried away with themselves, there is no doubt that the amount of information Google has about us makes it easy to be a little uncomfortable with it. With so much location data also being piped into Google via our smartphones, the company has a pretty good idea of where we are and what we are doing almost all of the time.
Google has stealthily released a new app onto the iOS App Store, with Ivy being the latest to appear on Apple's platform. The app, free to download and curiously missing from Google's own Play Store for Android, Ivy is an experimental big number calculator that may look like something from the 1980s but certainly shouldn't be confused with a cheap calculator emulator.
Android M Developer Preview 2 download for Nexus 5, 6, 9 and Nexus Player is now available. The update is available as an OTA update as well as full system images for the aforementioned devices.
Here's how you can undo / unsend an email message in Gmail using the native 'Undo Send' feature. More details and step-by-step guide on how to use it can be found right here.
Apple took on the big names in the music streaming space when it announced Apple Music at WWDC this year. However, that doesn't mean that Apple’s competitors in this space will just sit and not do anything. Today, the Mountain View company announced its free music streaming tier to the already-rich Google Play Music, which will basically serve as a curated, ad-supported radio station selection for non-subscribers (read: free users) of the search giant's music offering. The new free tier of Google Play Music is all set to take on Apple's iTunes Radio service, and the upcoming Beats 1 radio station, which is going to be a part of Apple Music.
Here’s a features comparison between iOS 9 Siri Proactive Assistant vs Android M Google Now on Tap. Which one’s better?
Google today announced YouTube Gaming, a service that will go live later this year allowing gamers to watch and stream content both on mobile and the Web. More details on Big G's new service can be found right here.
Android is undoubtedly an extremely powerful and popular choice when it comes to choosing a mobile platform. Depending on which metric you choose to measure by, it's also the most popular mobile operating system globally. With that said, some individuals can easily be put off from adopting Android as their platform of choice due to the sheer volume of devices available that run the open-source operating system. If you fall into that category, and find yourself prolonging the decision due to an indecisive nature, then Google's new phone selector tool could serve up a solution.
The world of high definition video is always changing, but with 1080p video, the current standard as far as Blu-ray and most streaming services are concerned, things have settled down a little after years of HD content scrambling to get a foothold. Nowadays that battle is being fought by 4K video, and while televisions are available that offer such a high resolution - some of which are even curved and feature OLED displays - 4K video is still some way off being the norm for the vast majority of people.
















